March 24/00 2:23 am - Napa World Cup, Tour of Normandie, Setmana Catalan

Posted by Editor on 03/24/00
 

World Cup in Napa California this Weekend

The first MTB XC World Cup will take place in Napa California this weekend. Our editor will be on site with lap by lap reports for the women's and men's races (and juniors too). All races are being held on Sunday, with the Juniors (men and women) staring at 8am (11:00am eastern) Elite Women at 10am (1pm eastern) and Elite Men at 1:30pm (4:30pm eastern).

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Tour de Normandie

Stage 3: Elbeuf to Flers (205 km)

1. Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei 4:55:04.
2. Danny Jonasson (Dan) Fakta
3. Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
4. Guillaume Auger (Fra) BigMat Auber
5. Cyril Dessel (Fra) Delatour all s.t.

GC

1. Linas Balciunas (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 13:36:44.
2. Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole at 0:02.
3. Guillaume Auger (Fra) BigMat Auber 0:08.
4. Danny Jonasson (Dan) Fakta 0:10.
5. Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei 0:10.


Setmana Catalan, Italy

Stage 4: Vic to Cerdanyola del Valles 155.7 km

1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 3:37:48.
2. Igor Flores (Esp) Euskaltel
3. Beat Zberg (Sui) Rabobank
4. Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo
5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
6. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Esp) Kelme
7. Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno
8. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei
9. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
10. Igor Astarloa (Esp) Mercatone Uno
11. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo
12. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r
13. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2r
14. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina
15. Christian Vendevelde (USA) US Postal all s.t.
...
52. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei 1:20.
57. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE 1:20
100. Alex Zulle (Sui) Banesto 9:08.
119. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 9:08.


GC after stage 4

1. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Esp) Kelme 15.27:56.
2. Santiago Blanco (Esp) Vitalicio s.t.
3. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina 0:04.
4. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei
5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
6. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo
7. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
8. Javier Pascual Llorente (Esp) Kelme
9. Aitor Garmendia (Esp) Banesto
10. Francisco Caballo (Esp) Kelme all s.t.
others
31. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei 1:50.
57. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 26:00.
87. Alex Zuelle (Sui) Banesto 39:14.

Stage 5 Cerdanyola del Valles to Cerdanyola del Valles 73 km

1. Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r 1:43:04.
2. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
3. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina
4. Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Mobilvetta
5. Igor Astarloa (Esp) Mercatone Uno
6. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm frites
7. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips
8. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
9. Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Panaria
10. Igor Flores (Esp) Euskaltel all s.t.


Stage 6: Montjuic Barcelona, ITT 12km

1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 16:11
2. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom 0:06
3. David Canada (Esp) ONCE 0:24.
4. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina 0:26.
5. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Esp) Kelme 0:29.
6. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0:30.
7. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal 0:31.
8. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 0:35.
9. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank s.t.
10. Santiago Blanco (Esp) Vitalicio 0:37.

Final GC

1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 17.25:15
2. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Esp) Kelme at 0:25
3. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina 0:26.
4. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0:30.
5. Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom 0:32.
6. Santiago Blanco (Esp) Vitalicio 0:33.
7. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei 0:40.
8. Aitor Garmendia (Esp) Banesto 0:42.
9. David Canada (Esp) ONCE 0:50.
10. Javier Pascual Llorente (Esp) Kelme 0:53